#human nature

There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world. ↗

— Elihu Root

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One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

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It is not to be expected that human nature will change in a day. ↗

— Frank B. Kellogg

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Horrifying as it was to crack up in the public eye, it made me look at myself and fix it. People were exploitative; that's human nature. ↗

— Margot Kidder

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It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave. ↗

— Sallust

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The novelist must ground his work in faithful study of human nature. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

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Although I do wrong, I do not the wrongs that I am charged with doing; the wrong that I do is through the frailty of human nature, like other men. No man lives without fault. ↗

— Joseph Smith, Jr.

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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured. ↗

— Tacitus

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The trifle now inscribed with your name. was occasioned by a particular fact; but to the disgrace of human nature, the subject is sufficiently general to interest every heart not totally impenetrable. ↗

— Thomas Day

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Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature. ↗

— Charles Dickens

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